One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is an amazing initiative started by Nicholas Negroponte two years ago aiming to provide affordable laptops for those without the means to access technology. www.laptop.org
Design Miami and Luminaire are teaming up for an online auction benefiting OLPC. Please visit www.luminaire.com to bid on XO Laptop inspired art from seven top artists or purchase one of 100 original Cathy Opie prints for $500 (includes print and purchase of laptops for two children).
Press release is below and please forward to those who would be interested. The auction starts tomorrow (Monday) and for those of you in Miami, Luminaire is having a reception on Thursday at their Design District showroom (info on below release).
CONTACT:
Monique Brendel
305.437.7975 EXT. 108
November 23, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--LAPTOPS FOR LITERACY
Luminaire, Design Miami, and Fuseproject are proud to present
a charity auction in aid of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC).
The brainchild of Nicholas Negroponte, OLPC’s mission is to
provide a means for learning, self-expression, and exploration to
the nearly two billion children of the developing world with little
or no access to education. By giving children their very own
connected XO laptop, OLPC is giving them a window to the
outside world, access to vast amounts of information, a way to
connect with each other, and a springboard into their future.
And they also help these countries develop an essential
resource—educated, empowered children.
Much in the same way that the XO laptop invites children to
explore, experiment and express themselves, Luminaire, Design
Miami, and Fuseproject have invited seven prominent contemporary
visual artists to do the same. Asked to treat the laptop as they
would a blank canvas, these participating artists have
transformed our familiar aesthetic and functional notions of the
laptop computer and we believe it is safe to say that the results
are nothing short of spectacular.
THESE PIECES OF ART WILL BE AUCTIONED ONLINE WITH 100%
OF THE PROCEEDS TO SUPPORT THE OLPC PROJECT.
OLPC OPENING RECEPTION
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6TH, FROM 6-8PM
EXHIBIT OPEN DECEMBER 6TH-9TH FROM 10-6PM
LUMINAIRE LAB
3901 NE 2ND AVENUE
MIAMI, FLORIDA
RSVP: ANGELA PEREZ: 305.576.5788 OR ANGELA.PEREZ@LUMINAIRE.COM
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